Month: February 2019

Delhi govt orders probe into hotel fire, directs fire safety inspection of multi-storeyed buildings

New Delhi :  The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial probe into a massive fire at a hotel in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area on Tuesday in which at least 17 people were killed, its Home Minister Satyendar Jain said. Jain, who visited the Arpit Palace Hotel where the […]

9 killed in massive fire at Delhi hotel

New Delhi :  A massive fire broke out at a central Delhi hotel Tuesday morning, killing at least nine people, fire officials said. Nine people were also injured, they said. The fire broke out at Hotel Arpit Palace on the Gurudwara road in Karol Bagh at 4:35 AM. Twenty-four […]

Rupee gains 6 paise against dollar in opening trade

Mumbai :  The rupee strengthened by 6 paise at 71.12 against the dollar in opening trade Tuesday, maintaining its upward trend for the sixth straight day on continued selling of the US currency by exporters and banks. Besides, optimism ahead of index of industrial production (IIP) numbers for December […]

Nine dead in hotel fire in central Delhi

New Delhi :  A massive fire broke out at a hotel in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area early Tuesday, leaving nine persons dead and two critically injured, Delhi Fire Service said. The fire broke out at Arpit Palace Hotel located on Gurudwara Road in Karol Bagh. A call about […]

Chhattisgarh govt renames 5 schemes, BJP irked

Raipur :  The newly-formed Congress government in Chhattisgarh has rechristened five schemes named after late Jan Sangh leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya by the previous BJP-led dispensation. These schemes of the urban administration and development department have now been named after former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and […]

NSCN(IM) elects new chairman, vice-chairman

Kohima : The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) has unanimously elected Qhehezu Tuccu as the new chairman of the outfit. It also elected Tongmeth Wangnao as the vice-chairman of the organisation. The chairman’s post was lying vacant for over two years after the death […]

Contempt notice: Nageswara Rao reaches SC

New Delhi :  M Nageswara Rao reaches Supreme Court to appear in connection with the contempt notice issued against him by the court for transferring the CBI officer probing the Bihar shelter home cases. The court had issued the notice to Rao for transferring joint director A K Sharma […]

LS adjourned amid slogan shouting by Cong members

New Delhi : The proceedings of Lok Sabha on Tuesday were adjourned for nearly 20 minutes during Question Hour amid slogan shouting by Congress members over the Rafale issue. Amid sloganeering in the Well, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan continued with the Question Hour for nearly 25 minutes. But a peeved […]

17 killed in massive fire in central Delhi Hotel

New Delhi : At least 17 people were killed as a massive fire swept through a hotel in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area early Tuesday, police said. The fire broke out at Arpit Palace Hotel located on Gurudwara Road in Karol Bagh. A call about the fire was received […]

Development of Infrastructure for promotion of sports

open view news desk For the development of sports infrastructure in the country including rural areas, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports was implementing the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA), the Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) during the year 2015-16. The Khelo India Scheme has been implemented by […]

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